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袭

xí

HSK 6 Character Traditional 襲

What 袭 means

1. bound formto raid; to attack
2. bound formto continue the pattern; to perpetuate
3. literaryclassifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding

Example sentences

• 他们袭击敌人。
  They attacked the enemy.
• 海啸袭击日本。
  Tsunami hit Japan.
• 我们被暴风雨袭击了。
  Wǒmen bèi bàofēngyǔ xíjī le.
  We were caught in a storm.
• 地震频繁地袭击日本。
  Dìzhèn pínfán de xíjī Rìběn.
  Earthquakes frequently hit Japan.
• 一股寒流侵袭了欧洲。
  Yī gǔ hánliú qīnxí le ōuzhōu.
  A cold snap spread across Europe.
• 台风袭击了关东地区。
  The typhoon struck the Kanto district.

Words starting with 袭

• 袭击xí jīattack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack
• 袭警xí jǐngto assault a police officer
• 袭击者xí jī zhěattacker
• 袭胸xí xiōngto grope the breasts of a woman or girl

Words containing 袭

• 抄袭chāo xíto plagiarize; to copy; to attack the flank or rear of an enemy
• 偷袭tōu xíto mount a sneak attack; to raid
• 侵袭qīn xíto invade; to assail; onslaught
• 空袭kōng xíto make an air raid
• 沿袭yán xíto carry on as before; to follow (an old custom etc)
• 突袭tū xíto raid; to storm; surprise attack
• 世袭shì xísuccession; inheritance; hereditary
• 承袭chéng xíto inherit; to follow; to adopt
• 奇袭qí xísurprise attack; raid
• 来袭lái xíto invade; (of a storm etc) to strike; to hit
• 因袭yīn xíto follow old patterns; to imitate existing models; to continue along the same lines
• 夜袭yè xínight attack
• 急袭jí xísudden attack
• 恐袭kǒng xíterrorist attack (abbr. for 恐怖袭击
• 进袭jìn xíraid; to carry out a raid; to invade
• 遇袭yù xíto suffer attack; to be ambushed
• 隐袭yǐn xíinsidious
• 世袭之争shì xí zhī zhēngsuccession struggle; dispute over inheritance
• 恐怖袭击kǒng bù xí jīterrorist attack
• 吹袭chuī xí(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike
• 逆袭nì xíto counterattack; to strike back; (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on…
• 世袭君主国shì xí jūn zhǔ guóhereditary monarchy
• 踏袭tà xíto follow blindly
• 扑袭pū xí(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey); (of extreme weather conditions) to hit…

Characters built on 衣

These share the phonetic component 衣 (yī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
• 裔yì(bound form) descendants; (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔; (literary) distant lands
• 铱yīiridium (chemistry)
• 襞bìcreases; folds or pleats in a garment
• 扆yǐscreen

Characters that look like 袭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 聋lóngdeaf
• 菠bōspinach
• 龚Gōngsurname Gong

Sounds the same

Read xí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 习(bound form) to practice; to study; habit
• 席woven mat; seat; banquet
• 媳daughter-in-law
• 褶(arch.) court dress
• 檄dispatch; order
• 觋wizard
• 槢a hard wood
• 霫Sui-Tang (premodern ethnic group)
• 隰low; marshy land
• 鎴strontium (obsolete, now 锶
• 𫘬(literary) horse with white forelegs
• 鳛loach; mudfish